SPRING VALLEY - A clerk for the village's former special prosecutor has been charged with forging the lawyer's name to a plea deal that fixed a traffic ticket.

Evelyn Stefos, 58, of Blauvelt, worked for attorney Larry Weissmann, who had been prosecuting traffic summonses and other violation cases for the village in court.

Stefos, as an acting clerk, is accused of forging Weissmann's signature to a plea deal for a driver facing a traffic summons, District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said.

Stefos faces felony counts of second-degree forgery and unauthorized practice of a profession.

The charges resulted from an investigation into Spring Valley corruption that snared former Trustee Vilair Fonvil for stealing about $11,000 in village money earmarked for a summer camp program in 2016. The investigation included phone wiretaps and other surveillance.

"The public must have full faith and confidence in our judicial system," Zugibe said Friday. "When the defendant allegedly forged a signature on the plea agreement, she undermined the authority of the court and weakened the legitimacy of the process."

Stefos was arraigned Wednesday by Justice Rhoda Schoenberger and released without bail for a court appearance scheduled for Jan. 30. She was arrested by detectives for the District Attorney's Office Public Corruption Task Force, which works with the FBI on cases.

Stefos faces a maximum of seven years in state prison if convicted of the felony.

Executive Assistant District Attorney Richard Kennison Moran said more arrests are anticipated as a result of the investigation.

Zugibe said Stefos was not paid by the village and her only affiliation was she worked for Weissmann.

Stefos was the secretary for the late attorney William Gerard. Weissmann, a former Rockland prosecutor under Zugibe and a former public defender, had been active in Spring Valley legal cases with Gerard, who represented Fonvil in civil and criminal matters.

Fonvil, 54, faces five to 15 years in prison when sentenced Feb. 20. Fonvil had been a trustee from December 2013 until his felony conviction in November.